Cannabis

Home Department

Written answers and statements, 26 November 2008

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Christopher Chope (Christchurch, Conservative)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the reclassification of cannabis as a Class B drug will be implemented; and on what date the new law will take effect.

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Alan Campbell (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Home Office; Tynemouth, Labour)

holding answer 4 November 2008

The draft Order to reclassify cannabis to a Class B drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 was laid on 13 October. If approved by Parliament, cannabis will be reclassified on 26 January 2009.

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